William McIlvanney, Ian Rankin

The Dark Remains

A Laidlaw Investigation (Jack Laidlaw Novels Prequel)

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Produktbeschreibung

In this scorching prequel, New York Times best-selling author Ian Rankin and Scottish crime-writing legend William McIlvanney join forces for the first ever case of DC Jack Laidlaw, Glasgow's original gritty detective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Europa Editions
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 133mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9781609457839
• ISBN-10: 1609457838
• Artikelnr.: 63238553

Autorenporträt

William McIlvanney is credited with being the founder of the Tartan Noir movement, which includes authors such as Denise Mina, Ian Banks, and Val McDermid, all of whom cite him as an influence and inspiration. McIlvanney's Laidlaw trilogy "changed the face of Scottish fiction" (The Times of London), his Docherty won the Whitbread Award for Fiction, and his Laidlaw and The Papers of Tony Veitch both gained Silver Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association. Strange Loyalties won the Glasgow Herald's People's Prize. William passed away in December 2015.